Mitt Romney on Sunday slammed Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration’s approach to foreign policy.
The former Massachusetts governor said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that most of the blame for the unrest in Iraq lies with the Iraqi government, but said that failed U.S. foreign policy contributed to the country’s deterioration.
“The United States of America has long had the capacity to shape events and to influence events. But what you’ve seen from this administration, whether from Hillary Clinton, with the reset button to Russia — which, by the way, should have been called the repeat button — this administration from Secretary Clinton to President Obama has repeatedly underestimated the threats that are faced by America, has repeatedly underestimated our adversaries,” he said. “Whether that’s Russia, or Assad, or ISIS, or al Qaeda itself, it has not taken the action necessary to prevent bad things from happening. It has not used our influence to protect our interests.”
[H/t Mediaite]
Someone explain to me how losing an election gives you foreign policy expertise.
If there’s one thing Mitt Romney knows about, it’s underestimating opponents.
Wow, I thought it would another week or two before Mitt was on Meet the Press. Guess MTP could not wait to invite another losing GOP presidential candidate to appear. They love to prop them up. After 2000 and 2004, MTP never had Gore or Kerry on anywhere near as much as they invite McCain or Romney.
“The United States of America has long had the capacity to shape events and to influence events. But what you’ve seen from this administration, whether from Hillary Clinton, with the reset button to Russia — which, by the way, should have been called the repeat button — this administration from Secretary Clinton to President Obama has repeatedly underestimated the threats that are faced by America, has repeatedly underestimated our adversaries.”
TRANSLATION: “Why the heck wouldn’t they just BOMB SOMEONE? It worked in IRAQ, it worked in AFGHANISTAN! If they had just BOMBED BENGHAZI, we wouldn’t be having this discussion – because I’D be the President, and I wouldn’t have to go on any show I didn’t want to!”
Three generations of Romneys. Half a dozen wars. Number of Romneys who have served=zero. Nobody could ever accuse Romney of underestimating the threat.